Fingerstyle Guitar Tunings: DADGAD and Beyond

For Fingerstyle Guitar-The variety of Christmas songs and Carols provides a fertile ground for fingerstyle guitarists. At the same time the familiarity of these tunes requires the guitarist to explore creative approaches in order to bring newtextures and meanings to these timeless melodies. Employing various tunings unusual chord voicings counterpoint lines alternating bass arpeggio techniques and lost more El McMeen explains his arrangements of Christmasfavourites that range from Jingle Bells a tender version of Away In A Manger to an evocative and breathtaking arrangement of We Three Kings. Three different tunings are explored: standard DADGAD andCGDGAD and the lesson includes a 40 page tab/music booklet of the pieces within.

Open the door to a whole new guitar universe with this universal method for navigating the fretboard in all tunings, how to cultivate new composing and improvising concepts, and how to broaden your fingerstyle skills and techniques. It includes: audio demonstration tracks - standard notation and tablature - theory essentials - DADGAD and other tunings - fingerstyle techniques - picking patterns - tapping and slapping techniques - scales, modes and chords - tuning tips - string and capo tips - nail care - and much more! / Guitare

This collection of traditional music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for solo guitar is the result of a passionate study of the tradition by some of the finest musicians playing in this genre. Compiled by Stefan Grossman thisbook includes arrangements by Pierre Bensusan El McMeen Martin Simpson Pat Kirtley Duck Baker Tom Long & Steve Baughman. Looking back less than a century you would find this music performed on fiddle pipes button accordion flutes and whistles in solo and ensemble settings but never guitar even in its basic role of providing rhythm. The challenge for those who attempt to translate Celtic traditional music for fingerstyle guitar is to preserve theunique qualities which are the essence of the style. The popularity of alternate tunings in this music tends to come from two different directions. One is in the desire for production of tonalities of droninginstruments á la the bagpipes and tunings such as DADGAD and EADEAE make this effect relatively easy. On the other hand there are guitar tunings which lend themselves easily to the melodic steps and fullness found in thediatonic Celtic harp such as DGDGBD (open G tuning) and the CGDGAD.

In this third part of his excellent analysis acclaimed British guitarist Martin Simpson teaches more advanced techniques and theories on how to bring out the widest possible harmonic range on the guitar. His fingerstyle playing combined with his unique guitar frailing and clawhammer style strumming will inspire guitarists of all levels. The tutorial features more complex arrangements in Gsus4 and DADGAD tunings of: Donal Ogg My Genorous Lover Betsy The Serving Maid The Coo Coo Bird and a showstopping arrangement of Miss McCloud's reel. This intermediate level tutorial DVD also includes the music and tablature for thefeatured songs. A treat for all acousitc players seeking the most sumptuous and resonant sounds for their solo arrangements.